Guidance

Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare grant round 1

Apply for a grant to add a veranda onto, or to upgrade or replace existing laying hen or pullet housing to improve animal health and welfare.

• From: Rural Payments Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 14 May 2024
• Last updated: 26 June 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

About the Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare grant round 1, who can apply and what the grant can pay for

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Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare grant round 1 specifications

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How to apply for a comprehensive project as part of the Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare grant round 1

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How to apply for a veranda-only project as part of the Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare grant round 1

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Details

Round 1 of the Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare grant is available for housing for laying hens and pullets.

You can apply to either:

• replace or upgrade existing laying hen or pullet housing (a ‘comprehensive’ project)
• add a veranda onto existing laying hen or pullet housing (a ‘veranda-only’ project) to provide animal health and welfare benefits

Grant value: between £5,000 and £500,000.

Who can apply

You can apply for a grant if you’re:

• an existing commercial egg producer or pullet rearer
• a registered keeper of 1000 or more birds, which must be on site when you fill in the online checker or have been within the last 6 months

When you can apply 

You can now use the online checker to make an initial online application. The online checker will close at 11:59pm on 18 September 2024.

How to apply 

You’ll need to follow a 2-stage application process. You are only permitted to apply for one project type: ‘comprehensive’ or ‘veranda-only’.

You can make applications for multiple projects up to the maximum grant amount.

If you want to apply for funding for more than one building, you will need to make a separate application for each.   

Read the:

• how to apply for comprehensive projects guidance 
• how to apply for veranda-only projects guidance 

If you meet all of the eligibility criteria, RPA may invite you to make a full application.

The success of your application will depend on the:

• score your project achieves (comprehensive projects only)
• number and value of applications we receive (comprehensive and veranda-only projects)

Published 14 May 2024
Last updated 26 June 2024 + show all updates

1. 26 June 2024

   Updated 'Details' section to show Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare grant online checker is now live and closes 18 September 2024. Updated 'How to apply' guidance for comprehensive and veranda-only projects to include link to 'Start' button for online checker.

2. 28 May 2024

   Amended 'About' page to confirm we will start to invite eligible applicants to make a full application from October 2024.

3. 14 May 2024

   First published.